Sight.



R. COLLER.

SIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED 1uNE13, |916.

1,223,476. Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

'UNIT RDOLPH COLLER, OF GRESI-IAIVI, *WISCONSINZ SIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed June 13, 1916. Serial No. 103,505.

To all lwhom t may concern.'

Be it lrnown that I, RUDOLPH CoLLnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gresham, in the county'of Shawano and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sights; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in sights and more particularly to that class adapted to be used in connection with firearms, and my object is to provide a sight whereby the line of vision may be more readily brought to a focus when the firearm is being used for shooting at moving objects.

A further object is to provide means for attaching the sight to the barrel of the fire arm. .Y

A further object is to provide means for adjusting the rear sight for long or short distance shooting.

And a further object is to provide means for draining'water, or the like, from parts of the sight whereby the visual space through the sight mechanism will be unin` terrupted.

@ther objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the accompanying specifcation.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a firearm, showing my improved sight attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view y lengthwise of the sight mechanism, showing the manner of attaching the same to the barrel of the lfirearm.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the sight mechanism removed from the firearm.

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the forward end of the barrel of the rearm and sight mechanism, showing the sight mechanism attached to an octagonal shape barrel.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the barrel of the firearm, showing the rear end of the sight mechanism in end elevation.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the sight mechanism attached to a round barrel. f

Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of the inner end of the sight mechanism, showing a slightly modified form of device, and

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the barrel of a fire arm which may be constructed in any preferred manner, and Y2 indicates a sighting'shield or guide which extends longitudinally of the barrel 1 and preferably from the forward end thereof to a point adjacent the rear end of the barrel, said shield being semicylindrical in cross section to present A upstanding sidewalls 3, said side walls forming a channel or groove the full length of the shield so thatv the line of vision may be quickly obtained when the firearm is thrown to firing position.

The shield 2 is attached to the barrel 1 by riveting or otherwise attaching blocks 4 and 5 to the under portion of the shield 2, the block 4 being at the forward end of the shield, said blocks having dove-tailed extensions 6 and 7 which enter dove-tailed channels 8 and 9 extending' transversely of the trend of the barrel, the fit between the extensions and channels being such as to require pressure to force the extensions into the channels so that the shield will remain in proper alinement with the barrel when once attached thereto, said blocks supporting the shield a distance above the barrel of the gun so that should rain or snow, or other foreign particles enter the shield it would descend through elongated slots l0 formed in the bottom portion 0f the shield.

Extending upwardly within the shield 2 and adjacent the forward end thereof is a bead sight 11 which may be constructed in any suitable manner, and 12 indicates the rear or object sight which is formed upon the end of a tongue 13, said tongue being formed by providing slits 14 longitudinally of the shield 2, said tongue being a part of the shield. The rear sight 12 extends at right angles to the tongue 13, thus presenting a horizontal edge at the upper end of the sight, at the central portion of which is formed a notch 15.

In order to raise or lower the rear sight 12 for long or short distance shooting, the tongue 13 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 16, said slot also extending Awith the slot 16, and as the tongue 13 is formed of spring 'metal, the tension thereof will hold the edge of the rear sight seated in any one of the notches of the key.

Instead of forming the tongue 13 integral with the shield 2, that form of device shown in Figs. Tand 8 may be employed in which the tongue 19 is attached to or made a part of the block 20 employed for holding the shield 2 in position upon the barrel, said rear sight being of the same structure as the sight 12 and is operated by a key 17 to raise or lower said rear sight.

This form of sight is adapted primarily for use in connection with firearms employed for killing large game, and by providing the shield and forming the same in the shape of a channel, the object can be quickly brought into registration with the line of vision after the firearm has been thrown to the shoulder, thus bringing the firearm into position whereby a large animal will be in range of the lire arm without necessitating the bringing of the bead or forward sight in registration with the object through the notch in the rear sight in order to make a score.

It will likewise be seen that when it is -desired to obtain a positive sight upon the object, the shield will also assist in bringing the bead or forward sight into registration with the notch in the rear sight.

It will likewise be seen that this device can be very cheaply manufactured and readily applied to use in connection with fire arms of any preferred make, and likewise that the rear sight may be quickly changed in order to adapt the iire arm for long or short distance shooting.

1. The combination with the barrel of a fire arm, of a sighting shield extending longitudinally of said barrel, said shield being semicylindrical in cross section, means to attach the shield to the barrel, a bead sight at the forward end of said shield, a rear sight at the rear end of the shield, and means to adjust said rear sight to adapt the fire arm for long or short distance shooting.

2. The combination with the barrel of a fire arm, of a sighting shield extending longitudinally of said barrel, said shield being semicylindrical in cross section and having elongated slots in the lower portion thereof, means to attach the shield to the barrel and space the same a distance thereabove, a tongue at the rear end of said shield, a rear ,sight connected to said tongue, and means to raise or lower said rear sight to adapt the fire arm for long or short distance shooting.

3. The combination with the barrel of a i'ire arm, of an elongated shield lextending lengthwise of said barrel, means to attach the shield to the barrel and space the same above the barrel, said shield being semicylindrical in cross section and having slots therethrough to form drains, a tongue integral with said shield, a sight at the free end of the tongue and extending at right angles to the trend of the tongue, and a key coperating with said sight to raise or lower the same to adapt the fire arm for long or short distance shooting.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

1 RUDOLPH COLLER. Witnesses:

L. G. LAUBENSTEIN,

W. A. MEYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

